ZIP 17901 recorded 139 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,002 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Schuylkill County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
2,002 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 409 | |
| 2022 | 481 | |
| 2023 | 548 | |
| 2024 | 425 | |
| 2025 | 139 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17901 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 456 | 22.8% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 190 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 151 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 108 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 103 | 5.1% |
For the 28 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17901 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 78 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 66 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 51 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 42 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 37 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 18 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 17 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 17 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 126 | 27.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 166 | 36.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 51 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 47 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 38 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 22 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 60 | 13.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17901 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17901.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pottsville | 1,261 | |
| 2 | Palo Alto | 85 | |
| 3 | North Manheim | 4 | |
| 4 | Frackville | 2 | |
| 5 | Port Carbon | 2 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 2,002 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.